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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1086305" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>Trapper, are you dressing properly. I am 63 and the weather does not stop me except for a pouring rain. I have not found the perfect rain gear. The weather beat me was just north of Yellowstone National Park in 1988. My neighbor talked me into a December elk hunt reserved for those who had not filled their regular season license. We backpacked in far enough to get away from the casual hunters. The snow was already about 20 inches deep. The elk were coming out of the park and going to lower meadows on the Yellowstone River. The first night got -20 degrees F. I was in a one man tent and put all my clothes on and still almost froze in a -10 rated bag. The next day, I told Mike I would not stay another night. That day I shot the only 6 point (One side count) bull I ever got. The bull fell in the 20 inches of snow and I could not begin to turn him by myself. I raked his guts out as best as I could. I got back to camp and when Mike got back it was too late to go back to the elk. We slept there another night and it was the longest night of my entire life. I would have welcomed the fires of He$$. The next day we walked out and I paid a guy with a horse at the trail head to pull my elk in. A bunch of guys helped load it in my pick-up. I took it to the butcher and he called and said the elk was spoiled. It was hard to believe but the snow on the side of the elk that was in the snow held in enough heat that I lost all the meat. But I have a 6 point bull elk mounted European style.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1086305, member: 17767"] Trapper, are you dressing properly. I am 63 and the weather does not stop me except for a pouring rain. I have not found the perfect rain gear. The weather beat me was just north of Yellowstone National Park in 1988. My neighbor talked me into a December elk hunt reserved for those who had not filled their regular season license. We backpacked in far enough to get away from the casual hunters. The snow was already about 20 inches deep. The elk were coming out of the park and going to lower meadows on the Yellowstone River. The first night got -20 degrees F. I was in a one man tent and put all my clothes on and still almost froze in a -10 rated bag. The next day, I told Mike I would not stay another night. That day I shot the only 6 point (One side count) bull I ever got. The bull fell in the 20 inches of snow and I could not begin to turn him by myself. I raked his guts out as best as I could. I got back to camp and when Mike got back it was too late to go back to the elk. We slept there another night and it was the longest night of my entire life. I would have welcomed the fires of He$$. The next day we walked out and I paid a guy with a horse at the trail head to pull my elk in. A bunch of guys helped load it in my pick-up. I took it to the butcher and he called and said the elk was spoiled. It was hard to believe but the snow on the side of the elk that was in the snow held in enough heat that I lost all the meat. But I have a 6 point bull elk mounted European style. [/QUOTE]
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